From: Microbleeds show a characteristic distribution in cerebral fat embolism
Variable | Number (n) | Total* (Σ) | Rate (%) | SD** | Mean | |
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Epidemiological and clinical data | ||||||
Patients included | 141 | 141 | ||||
Male | 72 | 141 | 71 | |||
Female | 29 | 141 | 29 | |||
Age | Overall | 101 | 141 | 71.63 | 18.5 | 42.1 |
Males | 72 | 101 | 71.29 | 20.1 | 36 | |
Females | 29 | 101 | 28.71 | 24.2 | 58 | |
Etiology | Fracture | 79 | 141 | 56.03 | ||
Single bone fracture | 38 | 141 | 26.95 | |||
Multiple bone fracture | 37 | 141 | 26.24 | |||
Femur fracture | 41 | 141 | 29.08 | |||
Tibia fracture | 21 | 141 | 14.89 | |||
Polytrauma | 27 | 141 | 19.15 | |||
Sickle cell disease | 10 | 141 | 7.09 | |||
Patent foramen ovale | 8 | 141 | 5.67 | |||
Initial neurological status (GCS) | 15 | 76 | 85 | 89.41 | ||
14 | 4 | 85 | 4.71 | |||
< 14 | 5 | 85 | 5.88 | |||
Gurd and Wilson’s criteria applied | 43 | 141 | 30.49 | |||
Time to first MRI in days | 60 | 60 | 3.478 | 3.45 | ||
Follow up MRI performed | 59 | 141 | 41.84 | |||
Mortality | 4 | 141 | 2.8 |